Up to September 30, 2018, data showed that the total number of China Mobilecablebroadband users reached 146.8 million with a net increase of 34.13 million in the first three quarters. In particular, the number of cable broadband users increased by 4.951 million in September, setting a historical record of monthly user growth.

In contrast, China Telecom's cable broadband users reached 142.7 million by the end of August 2018 with an increase of only 810,000 in August and an increase of only 9.17 million in the first three quarters of this year. The total number of China Mobile's cable broadband users was only 22,000 less than China Telecom in August of this year.

Since the beginning of this year, the average monthly growth rate of cable broadband users of China Mobile and China Telecom had reached 3.79 million and 1.15 million respectively. China Mobile cable broadband users could surpass China Telecom to become the first in September according to the monthly average growth rate.